Stove bottom



Jan. 28, 1930. E; BAKER 1,744,728

STOVE BOTTOM Filed Sept. 25. 1928 I 1 r I fitter/nego- Patented Jan. 28,1930 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE EUGENE L. BAKER, OF TAUNTON,MASSACHUSETTS STOVE BOTTOM Household stoves of a known kind, areprovided with a bottom having a moulding which is exposed between thebody of the stove and the base of the stove. The moulding has to beenameled, in order to be presentable, and although there is no occasionfor enameling the bottom, it has to be enameled along with its moulding,because it is not commercially feasible to enamel the moulding and notthe bottom that carries it. The present inven tion aims to reduceexpense by doing away ith the exposed moulding, so that the moulding andthe bottom will not have to be enameled, novel means being providedwhereby the body of the stove may be connected directly to the base, theedge of the bottom being concealed.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing part of a stove in which the inventionis embodied;

and Figure 2 is a sectional detail.

The body 1 of the stove has an outstanding lip 2 provided with adepending flange 8 equipped with lugs l having slots 5 for the receptionof securing elements 6, such as bolts, engaged with hollow bosses 9 onthe inclined portion 8 of the bottom 7 of the stove, the bottom having atransverse reenforcing rim 10 within which the depending flange 3 of thebody 1 is received, The upper edge of the rim 10 bears against the lowersurface of the body 1, and the lower edge of the flange 3 bears againsta narrow web 11 that joins the )art 8 of the bottom 7 to the rim 10. Thelegs 12 lit in the angle formed by the lip 2 and the rim 10 and so dothe sections 14 of the base. The sections 14 of the base have wings 15that extend behind the legs 12, the wings being connected to the legs bybolts 16 or the like. The legs 12 and the members 14 may be alluded togenerally as the base.

The bottom 7 has no exposed moulding, and the objects set forth in theopening portion of this specification thus are consummated. Moreover,the structure shown in Figure 2 makes a strong connection between thebody, the base, and the bottom.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A stovecomprising a body having an out standing lip provided at its inner edgewith a depending flange, a base extended beneath the lip, the inner edgeof the base and the lower surface of the lip forming an angle, a bottomhaving an incline and a transverse reinforcing rim within which thedepending flange of the body is received, the upper portion of the rimbeing seated snugly in said angle, in contact with the inner edge of thebase and in contact with the lower surface of the lip of the body, therim being concealed within the base, and means for connecting the bottomto the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature.

EUGENE L. BAKER.

